Ohio LinuxFest 2008

Ohio Linux Fest will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The Ohio LinuxFest is a free, grassroots conference for the Linux and Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) community. Started in 2003 as a large meeting between Linux User Groups, the Ohio LinuxFest has grown into an major conference that brings software freedom enthusiasts together from all over the world. Open to everyone, this free event is an opportunity for the community to gather and share information about Linux and Open Source Software.

Now for the cool news -- after a rigorous selection process, the schedule for Ohio LinuxFest 2007 has been posted containing a full day of exciting and informative talks. The conference will feature Jon 'maddog' Hall, Mepis founder Warren Woodford, Puppet creator Luke Kanies, Neuros' Joe Born, PostgreSQL contributor Robert Treat, and many others.

Ohio Linuxfest will also include two exciting keynotes speakers:

• Max Spevack, leader of the Fedora Project
• Bradley Kuhn of the Software Freedom Law Center and Software Freedom Conservancy.

Other presentations this year include:

• An Open Source Data Source For Fun and Learning by Mat Kovach
• The Path to The $100 Linux Media Center by Joe Born
• Open Source Monitoring With Zenoss by Erik Dahl
• Beginning with Ubuntu by Steve Stalcup
• The Challenges of Building a Linux Distro by Warren Woodford
• Puppet: A System Administration Abstraction and Automation Framework by Luke Kanies
• Marketing FOSS: Beyond Word-of-Mouth by Don Parris
• OpenOffice.org: Past, Present, and Future by Andrew Pitonyak
• Are Developers Responsible for Ensuring Users Can Use Their Programs? by David Grega
• FOSS and How Developers Pay the Bills by Karlie Robinson
• Business Websites Made Easy with Joomla! CMS by Brandon Dawson
• Seven Cfengine Habits of a Highly Effective System Administrator by James Keating
• Great Code Comes from Great Community by Chris J. Davis
• Introduction to Python and/or Solar System Demolition by Catherine Devlin
• What's New In PostgreSQL 8.3? by Robert Treat
• Free Software, in Africa: a Perspective by Nayyar Ahmad
• Debian (and Ubuntu) packaging tutorial by Roberto C. Sanchez

For complete talk descriptions and times, see the Ohio LinuxFest schedule at http://www.ohiolinux.org/schedule.html. Talk times and locations are subject to change.

In addition to the presentations, the Ohio Linuxfest will also feature vendor exhibits, Open Source training classes, and Linux Professional Institute (LPI) training. More information is available at the Ohio LinuxFest Web site.

Admission to the Ohio LinuxFest is free, though an All-Conference pass is available for $65 to attendees who wish to help offset the costs of the conference. Registration is required, and should be completed before September 21, 2007 at http://www.ohiolinux.org/register.html.